Toshiba Names CEO to Step Up Overseas Push

TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. named a new chief executive with a long history of overseas experience, in an effort to accelerate the Japanese conglomerate's push into emerging markets.

Toshiba, with an array of businesses ranging from building nuclear power plants to manufacturing flash-memory chips, said it selected corporate-strategy chief Hisao Tanaka to become the company's next president and CEO.